Partnerships

Here at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR), we understand that collaboration and cooperation are necessary in order to create successful research programs and develop laboratory discoveries into real world products. That is why we partner with regional and national groups to help promote and develop LIMR discoveries. These organizations include:

BioStrategy Partners is a virtual life sciences incubator providing technology and business development services to start-up and emerging-stage life sciences companies and university based research projects in the Greater Philadelphia region. They specialize in offering business guidance and support to first-time entrepreneurs, scientific founders, and university based principal investigators helping them reach the next level of development or commercialization. Their network of expert volunteers, partners and service providers offer business and technical assistance on a reduced fee or deferred compensation basis.

In 2004, Governor Edward Rendell created the KIZ program to encourage new start-up businesses, groundbreaking technologies, and new jobs in the life sciences and technology industries in Pennsylvania. In July 2006, the BioLaunch 611+ KIZ was created through a partnership of 11 organizations that include LIMR, BioStrategy Partners, Bucks County Community College, Citizens Bank, CresaPartners, Fox Chase Cancer Center, La Salle University, Montgomery County Community College, Montgomery County Industrial Development Corporation, Salus University, and Temple University. The BioLaunch 611+ KIZ is focused on helping early-stage life sciences companies, located within the region of Bucks and Montgomery Counties south of Route 202 and Philadelphia County north of Girard Avenue, grow to their next level of corporate development.

AUTM is a global network of members from more than 350 universities, research institutions, teaching hospitals and government agencies as well as hundreds of companies involved with managing and licensing innovations derived from academic and nonprofit research. Founded in 1974 as the Society of University Patent Administrators, AUTM has grown and now provides professional development and networking opportunities for technology transfer professionals at all career levels and from established and newly forming organizations worldwide. AUTM provides numerous resources for members including survey reports, professional development courses, a comprehensive training manual, peer-reviewed journal and a worldwide community of peers with expertise in all areas of intellectual property management.

The iBridgeSM Network provides the centralized online source for for unbiased information about early stage technologies and inventions. Their objective is to drive transparency and access to university developed innovations that are available today as well as to field experts, ideas and information. Through the iBridgeSM Network, researchers and those seeking innovations can easily search for and obtain the resources they need.

U.S. federal law mandates that all recipients of federal grants or contracts must report details of inventions and patents that have been made through such awards. In 1995, the National Institutes of Health developed an on-line Extramural Invention Information Management System, Edison. The system was named for the prolific American inventor Thomas Alva Edison. It became the first Web-based electronic system in the government to support administrative requirements. In 1997, with the addition of the NSF and USAID, came the introduction of Interagency Edison (iEdison). Through the iEdison single user interface, inventions supported by any of these three agencies could be reported.

The CEO Council for Growth is a group of prominent business executives committed to Greater Philadelphia’s growth and prosperity. Through high-impact initiatives that lead to high-wage jobs, new business opportunities, and wealth creation, the CEO Council offers a focused, consistent and invigorating approach that sets the regional growth agenda. The CEO Council brings together top business executives from the region to set and implement an economic development agenda that creates growth in the region and nurtures collaboration among the many economic development interests.

Pennsylvania is home to the continuum of the biosciences - world-class basic research, emerging companies, mature industry and global pharmaceuticals. Through Pennsylvania Bio these organizations interact to create a unique and vibrant community. It is through the interactivity of this continuum that bioscience companies are spawned, are able to attract experienced managers and a talented workforce, and are able to grow and partner for advancement. Their mission is: to be the catalyst to ensure Pennsylvania is a global leader in biosciences by developing a cohesive community that unites the region's biotechnology, pharmaceutical, research and financial strengths.